Colours of The Great Gatsby
The vibrance and distinction of colours can be often used to represent certain aspects about people. In the novel The Great Gatsby they are used to describe the personalities of Myrtle and Daisy as well as Gatsby's. With certain colours they wear they are able to express their identity, and it can also have an affect on their behaviour. Jay Gatsby exploits colours to show of his wealth. Through colours people are also distinguished to which social class they belong to. F. Scott. Fitzgerald uses colour to identify Myrtle's, Gatsby's, and Daisy's personality and persona as well as the social status to which they belong.Myrtle is the wife of Gorge Wilson who is an auto mechanic. She represents the lower class in society and more than anything she wants to become part of the upper class. Myrtle is very unsatisfied with her husband everything in her life is dull and gray. Even her husband is always covered in dull brown colour of dirt and he does not wear the kind of vibrant clothes that Tom Buchanan wears, the person with whom she is having an affair with. The apartment she shares with Tom in New York, is the complete opposite of the house she lives in. The Wilson's home is in "a valley of ashes... where
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Tom York, Jay Gatsby, Gorge Wilson, Daisy Gatsby, , Daisy Gatsby's, Gatsby's Daisy's, Tom Buchanan, upper class, Scott Fitzgerald, rich people, lower class, class society, myrtle daisy, jay gatsby, colour white, light colours, life dull, dressed white, Myrtle Daisy,
Approximate Word count = 1039
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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